Adjustable flower-stand.



P; H. MOORE.

ADJUSTABLE FLOWER STAND.

APPLICATION FILED OOT. 7,1906.

91 1, 149. Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

' Fern nxnoonnor specification.

LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF PATENT. OFFICE.

ONE-HALF 'ro WALTER R.

LIVINGSTON, OF LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE FLOWER-STAND.

To all whom it mag concern: I Be it known that LFRED H. Moonn, a citizen of-the United States, residing at Lansdowne, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Adustable Flower-Stands, of. which the followmg is a IMyinvention relates to adjustable stands and particularly to adjustable flower stands.

More specifically, my invention relates to novel means for securing .the stand in adjusted position. I

The objectg'of my invention is to provide 'an adjustable flower stand equipped'with 1mrovedmeans for securely holding the parts in adjusted osition.

Further o jects of my invention are-to provide a device as mentioned which shall be easily and quickly adjusted, simple of construction and of lowcost to manufacture. Other objects appear hereinafter. With these objects in-view my invention consists generally in an adjustable flower stand comprising a base and a to disk rovided --wit telescoping vertica stan ard members and in means for securing said members in adjusted position whereby-both a ositive and a frictional lock is had.

, y invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims. My vention will be more readily understood by reference to' the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1, is an elevation of an adjustable I flowerstand embodying my"-invention 1n its preferred form, the top and bottom being in section, Fig. 2, is a to plign view thereof, Fig. 3, is a section on the e w-x of Fig. '1 upon an enlarged scale and Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the parts in unlocked position. 1

Referringnow to the drawing, -1 indicates the base and 2 the top of the stand. These comprise similar dlsks each preferablyv formed of a single casting having a central threaded aperture 3 and 4 respectively to receive the standard members. The standard comprisesv the vertical tubular members 5 and 6, each threaded into its respective l Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1908. Serial No. 456,610.

Patented Feb." 2, 1909.

member 1 and 2 and the member 6 telescoping within the member 5.

The member 5 is provided with a longitudinal slot extending throu hout substantiallythe height of said mem er and the slot is provided with oppositely disposed substantially semicircu ar recessesarranged at intervals, forming sockets to receive the locking member. Extending through the slot 7 and threaded into the wall of the memher 6, is a screw 9, the diameter. of which is slightly less thanthe width of the slot 7, permitting the same to pass freely up and down therein. Formed on the screw 9, and preferably integrally therewith is a collar 10 which enters the recesses 8 to lock the members 5 and 6 in adjusted osition. By turning the screw to the left t e collar, 10 is withdrawn from the recess after which the stand may be adjusted in height.

11 indicates a handle on the screw to facilitate turningl the same.

To relieve t e screw 9 of a shearing strain when a heavy weight is placed on the stand, I form the locking device so as to bind the members 5 and 6 together forming a frictional contact between the same. To this end the walls of the recesses 8 are inwardly tapered or conical as shown clearly at 12 in Fi 4, and the collar 10 is formed frusto-conica to fit snugly therein. When the screw is turned to the right, forcing the collar 10 within one of the sockets 88, the-member 6 is drawn tightly against the member 5 forming a frictiona contact between their adja: cent faces. I

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. In a device of the class described, a base and a top disk in combination with a standard comprising telescopic tubular members secured to said base and said top respectively, the outer member having a, longitudinal slot and said slot having oppositely disposed substantially semicircular recesses arranged at intervals, a screw threaded into the inner tubular member and a collar on said: screw, the

ada ted to fit within said recesses, substan-- tial y as described.

2. A stand comprising a base and a top, in

combination with a standard comprisinga frusto-conical to fit snugly therein substan- 10 pair of telescopic tubular members secured tially as described.

to said base and said top respectively, the

said slot having oppositely disposed substantially semicircular recesses arranged at intervals, a screw threaded into the inner member and acollar on said screw, the Walls of said recesses being conical and said collar being In testimony whereof I have signed my outer member having a longitudinal slot and name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. FRED H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

S. W. FOSTER, J. A. L. MLLHALL. 

